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Personal info

Full name
FENNESSEY, James
Date of birth
18 December 1911
Age
32
Place of birth
Airdrie, North Lanarkshire, Scotland
Hometown
Youngstown, Mahoning County, Ohio

Military service

Service number
35586259
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
30th Infantry Regiment,
3rd Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
20 September 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Voleaux, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
A 21 50

Immediate family

Members
William Fennessey (father)
Isabella (Nichol) Fennessey (mother)
Josephine (Koshan) Fennessey (wife)

More information

Pfc. James Fennessey was a furnace man employed by the Republic Iron & Steel Co. before he enlisted.

In June 1944, he was in Italy wounded by artillery shell fragments.

He was killed by small arms fire in the neck.

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - 1930/1940 Census / U.S. Headstone and Interment Record for U.S. Military Cemeteries on Foreign Soil / U.S. Draft Cards Young Men / US WW2 Hospital Admission Cards, History 3rd Infantry Division WWII
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Andy